News on Screen

Peter Hampton [qv] remembered Donald Grey as an actor who did commentaries for Movietone. He is credited for only two issues, namely British Movietone News No.1948A of October 1966, and No.1954A of November 1966. He seems to have been tried out in much the same way as George Elliot [qv]. Hampton recalled that Fox were tired of Mitchell and wanted a ‘more modern voice’ for the reel. A number of commentators were tried out during 1967, including C. Hamilton [qv], Peter Nerreter [qv], C. Reed [qv], and D. Scott-Job [qv], but only Nerreter proved to be any good.

Sources

Information from Peter Hampton, March 1999.